Summary of Synthesizing Late-stage Contrast Enhancement in Breast Mri: a Comprehensive Pipeline Leveraging Temporal Contrast Enhancement Dynamics, by Ruben D. Fonnegra et al.
Synthesizing Late-Stage Contrast Enhancement in Breast MRI: A Comprehensive Pipeline Leveraging Temporal Contrast Enhancement Dynamics
by Ruben D. Fonnegra, Maria Liliana Hernández, Juan C. Caicedo, Gloria M. Díaz
First submitted to arxiv on: 3 Sep 2024
Categories
- Main: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The proposed pipeline synthesizes late-phase DCE-MRI images from early-phase data, replicating the time-intensity curve behavior in enhanced regions while maintaining visual fidelity. The approach introduces a novel loss function, Time Intensity Loss (TI-loss), and a new normalization strategy, TI-norm, to preserve contrast enhancement patterns across multiple image sequences. Two metrics are proposed to evaluate image quality: Contrast Agent Pattern Score (CPs) and Average Difference in Enhancement (ED). Experimental results demonstrate accurate synthesis of late-phase images that outperform existing models in replicating the time-intensity curve’s behavior in regions of interest while preserving overall image quality. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This study presents a new way to make breast cancer imaging faster, more comfortable, and less expensive. By using early-stage data, the method can create high-quality images similar to those taken later. This is achieved through a combination of special loss functions and normalization techniques. The results show that this approach works well and outperforms other methods in creating accurate images while preserving overall quality. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Loss function
